I have sent the following discussion and proposal for VHF Contest Rule Changes to appropriate ARRL and CQ contest personnel. If you are interested in the future of VHF contests, please read carefully
Author: Pete K0BAK via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:15:55 +0000 (UTC)
I guess this will generate *some* discussion. :-) I think allowing 3 modes of contacts on each band should help increase activity, the number of contacts, and overall fun. Let's go for it! Different
Author: jimk8mr--- via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:28:52 +0000 (UTC)
I generally agree with the proposal, with one exception: There should be only two distinctions, "Analog" and "Digital". The former would include CW as well as FM/SSB. The later would cover the digit
Author: N12614--- via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 20:42:07 -0500
I am primarily a 2m kind of guy and when I first read this I was intrigued and after thinking about would like to propose something similar but a little different. I like the three contacts per stati
Just a few thoughts from the middle of the country -- The more populated areas of the country already have a huge advantage when it comes to making QSOs compared to those of us who have fewer than a
Allowing 3 contacts per station for (SSB, CW, and digital) will force stations to operate all three modes in order to maximize their score. It will leave SSB/CW cross mode contacts unclear, but will
I second W7XU. The hinterlands already have a huge disadvantage. Changing the rules is tempting but there are unintended consequences. Having to run now up to 3 different modes to triple-dip scores i
Just weighing in from FN55. I don't know what the solution is but it looks grim from here. I have been rebuilding my VHF/UHF station over the past few years. Contesting was one of the major reasons I
Author: Stephen Hewlett via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:14:15 +0000 (UTC)
N1BUG pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject. Digital is not for me ... I'd rather make the contacts myself using what skills I have rather than watch my computer do it and contributing a mou
I think FT8 is a fine mode for weak signal DXing and I have been using it on and off, but I don't really care for it and won't seriously participate in VHF contests if that's what I have to use on 6M
I feel the same way. I have entered almost all VHF+ contests as a single-op portable. I go to a local hilltop, a good distance from the nearest town, and set up antennas and station. I have been taki
I agree Zack. Like you, I have operated in the QRP Portable category several times and still hold some section records (WB2DNE/3, Sept 91,June 96 and WB2DNE/1 Sept 91,92). The only way I found succes
I think Keith has it right. My Great Lakes Ohio perspective: The VHF/Up contests have been declining in activity for years, its nothing new. Even after years of numerous rule changes resulting in all
I started out answering a private email, but then thought this might be better 'out there'. FT modes are "out of the barn", loose in the wild and have wide acceptance, so you can't look the other way
I have to chuckle at some of those folks who think they're in the worst location ever to play in VHF contests,.we basically have ONE direction from here...SW...and even then, the NorthernMost populat
Jay, How about we really bite the bullet and have a contest for 6m only much like the 10m contest? The other thing I keep hearing is 6m regardless of mode, especially in June, is killing 2m and above
Hello to all interested in VHF contesting.....Arliss-W7XU has raised a caution that no one seems to have considered. Unintended consequences are always the result of changes....most especially chang
Keith, I've been considering a very, similar, if not the same, scenario. I support your proposal. I haven't publicly suggested it because I was concerned about the backlash of suggesting a contest wi
Keith, I've been considering a very, similar, if not the same, scenario. I support your proposal. I haven't publicly suggested it because I was concerned about the backlash of suggesting a contest wi
Hello Jay and others interested in this topic.... I had posted my last email before I saw this post from Jay. Interestingly, we have some thoughts on this that are not exactly the same, but similar.